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[thee-uh-ree, theer-ee] / ˈθi ə ri, ˈθɪər i /


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This is not Madman Theory, but the operative word here—the word that doesn’t fit—is theory.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

Low End Theory at the Airliner — I’d be hanging out with Flying Lotus or Tyler would drop an album and come up to perform.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

In 1991 Will Self disgorged himself on to the British literary scene with “The Quantity Theory of Insanity,” a book of short stories seething with misanthropy and logorrhea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

His most influential work, The Theory of Communicative Action, published in 1981, argued that human societies were sustained not by political or economic power but by the capacity for rational dialogue.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Which Theory, though it be false, yet the first Experiment is true.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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